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 FORTY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. IL CHS. 387, 388. 1887. 569 or claimants, and such other legal evidence as may be odered in behalf of such claimant or claimants, and determine who was such owner and who is entitled to receive said swords under the provisions of this act. Said court shall certify their judgment to the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided however, That all claims for said swords shall be Prmyiso. _ tiled with the Secretary of the Treasury within three months from the ,T"“° f°* 6]***8 passage of this act. ° mn"' Approved, March 3, 1887. ' CHAP. 388.-An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Oiiice Dc- Mar. 3, 1887. pargment for the tiscal year ending June thirtietb, eighteen hundred and eighty- -——·——-—- Olg Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, Portui-service and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Oliice ¤PPF°P¤¤¤°¤¤- Department, in conformity with the act of July second, eighteen hun- v01_;,, p_80_ dred and thirtysix, as follow : OFFICE OF THE, POBTMASTER—GENERAL. m_£¤¤*¤¤Sf¢¤·G¤¤- For mail depredations and post·office inspectors, and fees to United _Mai1 depreca- States marshals, attorneys, and the necessary incidental expenses con- WHS. i¤¤l>¤<=¢¤r¤, nected therewith, three hundred thousand dollars. - °°°· For advertising, twenty thousand dollars. Advertising_ For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, one Miscellaneous_ thousand five hundred dollars. omvrcn or Tim Fmsir ASSISTANT Posrmsrnu-GENERAL. p,£;ll,:;,,Q??E?:E B. For compensation to postmasters, eleven million seven hundred thou- uPostmasters. sand dollars. ` For compensation to clerks in post-offices, live million four hundred Clerks in port. and fifty thousand dollars. offices- For rent,.fuel, and light, four hundred and ninety-five thousand dol- I Igent, fuel, and lars. is t- And the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to rent a suitable Rem, washing. building for use of the branch of the Washington city postoffice, ton City. known as “Station U,” at a rate not exceeding one thousand dollars per annum, until further action of Congress. To pay rent of building for use of the Washington city post—oHioe, at a rate not exceeding five thousand dollars per annum, five thousand dollars. For office furniture, twenty-tive thousand dollars. Furniture. For miscellaneous and incidental items, seventy thousand dollars. Miscellaneous For free-delivery service, live million five hundred and twenty-two Free delivery. thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That no boxes for the collec- Promo. tion of mail-matter by carriers shall be placed inside of any building Mailboxes. except a public building, or a building which is freely open to the public during business hours, or a railroad station. · For stationery in postoffices, fifty thousand dollar Stationery, etc. For wrapping-twine,_eighty thousand dollars. For wrappingpaper, thirty thousand dollars. For letter-ha ances, scales, and testweights, ten thousand dollars. For postmarking and rating stamps, and ink and pads for stamping and canceling purposes, thirty thousand dollars. _ ormcn or mm srscorm ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL. a§2°°f$2s,,f:::;;Q eral. For inland mail transportation, namely: Iliiluud trans- Inlaud transportation by star routes, five million four hundred thou- 1><>¤¤ti<>¤· sand dollars. — · - Sm ’°“*°’·